Container for music-rolls and the like



C. S. BURTON.

CONTAINER FOR MUSIC ROLLS AND THE LIKE.

APPUCATION FILED SEPT. 15, 1919.

1 ,3818 ,093 Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

fife/i256; J fzarlas 51371723714 UNITED STATS PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES s. BURTON, or .oAKrAnK, ILLINOIS.

CONTAINER FOR MUSIC-ROLLS AND THE LIKE; I

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 16-, 1921.

Application filed September 15, 1319. Serial No. 323,828.

To all whom z'tmag concern:

Be it known that I, Crmnnns S. BURTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Oak Park, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers foronlyuaccessible, so that it is desirable to have the contentswithdrawable through the end of the container. It consists in theelements and features of construction shown and described, as indicatedin the claims. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal verticalsection of a container embodying this invention, the same being shown inclosed position with a roll therein. 7 c

Fig. 2 is a slmilar vlew showing the container closure withdrawn forprotruding the end of the roll to permit its engagement by the handfoncomplete withdrawal.

The structure shown in the drawings comprises a tubular box 1,'havingone end open and provided with a telescoping open top box member,adaptedto contain the rolls or other articles for which thebo isdesigned, said interior open-top member, 2, having its outer end portion2, separated from the -re-.

. mainder and hinged thereto at the bottom so that it may swing down outof the way of the out-coming roll when the latter is to be withdrawn asseen in Fig. 2. Desirably for convenience of the operation of thelocking device hereinafter more particularly described, the division toseparate the downswinging end portion 2, of the. member, 2,

from the main body of said member, 2 is i made an oblique cut as shownin Fig. 2, so

that the down-swinging. member has its upper edges 2, sloping downinwardly. And

it is also desirable for the same reason that the separate ends of themain body of said interior member shall becut off obliquely in theopposite direction to form edges 2?, sloping upward inwardly as alsoseen in Fig. 2.. It is also desirable for the same gen eral purpose thatthe'said upper edges of themain bodyof the member, 2, are notched justbehind said last mentioned upward in: ward'sloping edges,'sa1d notches,2, having abrupt shoulders facing outwardly and havingctheother sidesloping inwardly, for engagement or the latch device-hereinafterdescribed. I

Said latehdevice consists of a three-sided open-ended parallelogram madeof wire bent in the form indicated, and withtwo side arms, 4:, 4,adapted to extend between the inner and outer boX members, 1 and 2, the

.withdrawn position of this box member shown in Fig. 2. This springaction of the latch may be obtained by bending the side bars, 4, upwardbetween their pivoted ends and the cross bar, 4?, to cause them tocollide with the top of the outer member, 1, before the cross bar,clears the end of the closure member, 2, so that further upward move-,

ment for releasing said closure member is possible only by springingsaid side arms, i. This latch member is adapted to swing down in frontof the inner. telescoped member when the latter is in closed position,the cross bar, l extending across the forward end of saidinnertelescopedmember and thereby locking said member in closed position. latch, 4},from its said locked position to permit withdrawal of the interiormember, 2, there is hinged to the-upper edge of the forwardend of thehinged and down-swinging portion 2 of said member, 2, a stiff-flap 5,preferably of the area substantially of said forward end so as to coverthe same when hanging down normally. The latch, it will,

will cause the latch cross bar, .43, to slide upward along said releasemember and slip over the edge of the hinged and downwardly-swingingportion, 2?, of. the interior Forv convenience of disengaging the boxmember, 2. The operator pulling normally on the lug as will be done forswinging up the'release member, will also pull outwardly upon the boxmember and withdraw said interior member as soon as the latch has beenswung up over the upper edge of it so as to release it for such result.The latch having run back over the end of the said member, 2 will dropby gravity or by the spring action above referred to onto thedownwardly-sloping rear edges of the sides of said member, 2, not so faras to pass below the forward angular corners, 2 of the main box memberupon the other side of the main box member, 2; and as the operatorcontinues to withdraw said member, 2, the latch bar will slide up on thesloping forward edges 2, of the main box member and drop into notches,2", and stop the with drawing movement by the engagement of the crossbar with the abrupt rear shoulders of said notches, the operatorreleasing the member, 2*, will drop to descending position as shown inFig. 2, the roll will be found protruding a substantial distance towhich the inner member has been withdrawn by the operator, and may betaken hold of and completely withdrawn.

In replacing the roll, the end of the spool will be readily insertedunder the end of the cross bar, 43, of the latch and thrust in until therear end strikes the rear end of the in-' terior member, 2, when theoperator taking hold of the lug and lifting the detached anddown-swinging portion, 2, to horizontal position will thrust in theentire member, 2, carrying the roll with it into position at which thelatch will spring down in front of the hinged portion, 2 of the innertelescoped member, and secure it in closed position.

I claim 1 1. A container consisting of an outer tubular box'memberhaving an open end; an interior open-top box member adapted totelescopelongitudinally in the tubular box member, said open-top memberhaving an outer end portion severed from the remainder and hingedthereto at one side for folding away from the remainder toleave saidremainder open ended; a latch pivoted to the tubular box member forswinging to engage the severed and hinged end portion in the same planesin which said severed end portion swings for opening; and means on thesevered and hinged portion for partly withdrawing the interior boxmember from the exterior member.

2. In the construction defined in claim 1, a lug hinged at the edge ofthe end wall of the severed and hinged part over which the latch swingsfor locking engagement, said lug adaptedto be engaged by the latch whenthe latter is engaged with said end for looking; whereby pull 'on thelug first disengages the latch and then pulls out the interior member.

3. In the construction defined in claim 1, a stiff lug substantially ofthe area of the box-end hinged at the edge of the end wall of thesevered and hinged part over which the latch swings for lockingengagement, and adapted to be engaged by the latch when it engages saidend for locking, whereby the swinging of the lug about its hinge firstdisengages the latch, and continued pull on the lug withdraws theinterior member.

4:. In a construction defined in claim 1, the latch being a three-sidedor open-ended parallelogram having the two parallel sides extendingalong two opposite sides of the outer locked member and its ends pivotedthereto, and having the third intermediate side adapted to extend acrossthe front of the outer end of the severed and hinged part of the innermember for locking engagement to hold said inner member at inthrustposition in the outer member.

5. In the construction defined in claim 1, the latch being a three-sidedor open-ended parallelogram having the two parallel sides adapted toextend inside the exterior member and pivoted at their ends to theopposite side walls thereof; a third or intermediate side being adaptedto extend across the outer end of the interior member at inthrustposition of said member.

6. In the construction defined in claim 1, the latch piece formed andattached for spring action tending to swing it to and hold it yieldinglyat locking position.

7. In the construction defined in claim 1, the latch being athree-sided, open-ended parallelogram having its opposite parallel sidesextending along opposite sides of the box member, and its third orintermediate side extending across the open end for engaging theinterior member at its inserted position, the severed and hinged portionof said interior member having side walls whose edges which are exposedtoward the intermediate side of the latch when the interior member is atwithdrawn position are sloped for lifting the latch over the end of saidengaged member in the in-thrusting or closing movement of the interiormember.

8. In the construction defined in claim 1, the latch being athree-sided, open-ended parallelogram having its opposite parallel sidesextending along opposite sides of the box member, and its third orintermediate side extending across the open end'of the box for engagingthe interior member at closed position, said interior member having sidewalls of which the edges areexposed to the latch at open position, andare sloped for lifting thelatch in the withdrawing movement of saidinterior. member.

9. In the construction defined in claim 1,

the latch being a three-sided, open-ended parallelogram, having itsopposite parallel sides extending along opposite sides of the box andits third or intermediate side extending across the open end of the boxfor engaging the head or end of said interior member at closed position,said interior member having side walls of which the edges which areexposed to the latch at open 10 position are sloped for lifting thelatch in the withdrawing movement of said interior member, and anoutwardly-facing stop shoulder positioned inwardly beyond said slopingedge for engaging the middle member of the latch to arrest thewithdrawing movement of the interior member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois,this 12th day of September, 1919.

CHARLES S. BURTON.

